Retail and part time work
Retail and hospitality hire on availability, attitude and whether you will be good with customers. Six short modules take you from finding the vacancies to the trial shift. You can be ready this week.
One payment. No subscription. Keep the modules and templates for good.
Includes lifetime access to three drop-ins a week, live Zoom prep sessions, the WhatsApp jobs channel, our yearly in-person event, and your Emplify certificate.
Who this track is for. You want a job now, on the shop floor or in hospitality, and you may never have had one before.
What is inside
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Finding and tracking retail roles
Where the jobs actually are, and a system so you stop losing track of them.
- Shop windows, in store QR codes, chain career sites and the apps worth using
- When each chain hires, and why Christmas recruiting starts in September
- Walking in and asking, and exactly what to say to a manager
- A simple tracker so you know what you applied for and when to follow up
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Optimising your CV
One page, availability clear, customer skills up front.
- A simple layout a store manager can read in twenty seconds
- Putting availability and start date where they will be seen
- Showing customer facing skill from school, sport, clubs or family responsibilities
- What to include when this is your first job
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Online assessments
The tests chains put in front of you before a human ever sees your name.
- Situational judgement tests and what the right answer usually looks like
- Retail scenarios on queues, refunds, stock and colleagues
- Working through the practice questions in the module
- What happens when you fail one, and when you can retake it
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Online interviews
Recorded and one way video interviews, which most chains now use first.
- How a recorded interview works and how long you get to answer
- Setting up your camera, light and background at home
- Answering to a camera with nobody on the other end
- Practising your answers before you use a real attempt
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Interviews
Usually quick, practical and about how you would handle people.
- The questions almost every retail interview asks
- Customer scenarios: complaints, queues, difficult moments, theft
- Talking about availability honestly without ruling yourself out
- Questions to ask about hours, training and progression
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Assessment centres and trial shifts
Group tasks and trial shifts, and what the people watching are marking.
- What a retail assessment day actually runs like
- Group tasks, role plays and serving a pretend customer
- Trial shifts, what to do in the first ten minutes and what they are watching for
- Following up afterwards without being a nuisance
Ready to start?
£79 paid once. Every module, every template, yours to keep.
Not sure this is the right one? Ask us and we will tell you honestly.